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Costmary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Costmary has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

2

leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings

3

An aromatic plant, Tanacetum balsamita, once used to flavour ale (prior to the use of hops)

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
herb
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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